XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: jrwalliker@gmail.com   
      
   On 02/04/2025 07:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:06:16 +0100, John Rumm wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 30/03/2025 07:19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:01:40 +0000, John Rumm wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> However keep in mind that paying for software from commercial vendors   
   >>>> like MS also pays for large swathes of the "free" software you might   
   >>>> otherwise choose, since many of those developers can only afford to   
   >>>> donate time to open source projects only because they have income from   
   >>>> a "money grabbing" software vendor.   
   >>>   
   >>> If only that were true. Most of those money-grabbing businesses are too   
   >>> willing to take and not give back.   
   >>   
   >> Hmmm, let's see if that lives up to scrutiny...   
   >>   
   >> [list of high-profile Free software projects deleted]   
   >   
   > So you think a dozen or so counterexamples is enough to establish your   
   > point? That’s a drop in the bucket as far as Free Software is   
   > concerned. The vast majority don’t enjoy that level of support at all.   
   >   
   > Exhibit A: OpenSSL   
   > .   
      
   This example is 11 years old!   
      
      
   > Exhibit B: BusyBox   
   > .   
   >   
   > Exhibit C: GIMP   
   > .   
      
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